There are some great short Videos here on our site, featuring Gerard Endenberg, John Buck and others.

Shortened version of 'Democracy as it might be'; first published in May 1945, by Kees Boeke (1884-1966) - the article that nearly cost him his life, and which touches on its Quaker influence: http://worldteacher.faithweb.com/sociocracy.htm

The newly launched international centre, in English, with great links, community, and resources. Based in the USA, but directly an offspring of the former centre in the Netherlands, and borne of the first international conference that took place in Canada 2010: http://www.socionet.us

There are regular workshops for tools that are effective on their own, such as collaborative consent-based decision making but which also function as incremental steps in fostering a healthier, learning, Sociocratic organisation. Sign up to this network to stay in touch with regular offerings, or at the front page of this site.

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Creative Forces of Self Organisation, a 25-page article by John Buck and Gerrard Endenburg describing the basics of Sociocracy with some live examples of how it works in practice (example of circle meeting).

http://www.sociocracy.com - English version of Sociocratie Zentrum website in Holland (Global Centre of Sociocracy), with a more continental European perspective on Sociocracy.

SocioNetThe mission of SocioNet is to create programs and resources that will increase public awareness of the principles and methods of sociocratic governance and develop the ability of individuals and organizations to implement them.

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